1429 - Duke of Burgundy Philip III established the Order of the Golden Fleece - one of the most ancient and honorable European award (photo)
1781 - opened in Moscow Petrovsky Theatre - the predecessor of the Bolshoi Theater (photo)
1863 - in London opened the first metro line in the world, stretching 3.6 km (photo)
1878 - during the Russian-Turkish war took place the battle of Shipka, in where Russian and Bulgarian troops defeated the Turkish army (photo)
1920 - the opening of the League of Nations - the first international political organization (photo)
1946 - in London, opened the first session of the UN General (photo)
1962 Assembly - the mountain Nevado- Huascaran (Peru) came off the biggest in the history of mankind avalanche killed more than 4 thousand people (photo)
1992 - during the reforms were abolished fixed prices for bread and milk (photo)
in 2010 - introduced a new form of criminal punishment in Russia - "Home arrest " (photo)